Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- UK Atomic Energy Authority · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £109,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Construction work · Other electrical installation work (CPV 45317000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 051619-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Jun 2026
- Published1 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
The requirement relates to the continuation of existing electrical, remedial, snagging, labelling, energisation/de-energisation support, commissioning support and integration works being undertaken by Optimum Electrical Engineering Ltd on the ESS Active Cells Facility project in Lund, Sweden. Optimum has been delivering the electrical installation and associated support works on site since the original competitively tendered arrangement. The remaining requirement is not a discrete new package of work that can be separated and competed without significant technical, safety, quality and programme risk. It is a continuation of ongoing works across partially completed electrical installations, live snagging, system interfaces, Quality Assurance handover, commissioning support and subcontractor Site Acceptance Test readiness. Optimum currently manages the electrical installation programme at the ESS Active Cells Facility site and is responsible for the day-to-day electrical safety activiti…
About the supplier
Optimum Electrical Engineering Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 08838713).